I lived very briefly in Anchorage in 1992, moved out to the Valley and I live up near Houston now. Just up the road about 11 miles from Wasilla.
If I stay in Alaska any longer I am getting a natural gas converted Silverado, and yes we have them now up here.
As the father of 5 adults I can say without a doubt “the America we grew up in? it's gone thanks to TV, games & Internet ect... We have been overwhelmed. As parents, trying to keep it out of your own home doesn't work because it's everywhere. I call it the “Electronic Plague”.
God bless and enjoy Australia. Wish I could join you.
Back in the 60s & 70s, I knew several farmers who converted their pick ups to N.G., I never ran into a single one who actually liked the results for various reasons. Maybe it has improved since then.
I lived in Fairbanks in the middle 70s. We had natural gas taxis and city buses back then. All of them had big colorful stickers on them to remind the driver NOT to put gasoline or diesel into them.