Can automator be set to always open certain files types?...

Since screenshots (command/shift/4) always save as PNG files and these are not readable by most email programs, I am always manually converting these to JPGs in order to email the pic. I would like to create a workflow in Automator that would automatically convert ALL PNG files to JPG. Can this be done?
I have created the workflow to convert specified PNG files, but this requires dragging the specific PNG file to the workflow each time. It would be great if automator automatically converted ALL PNG files. Any way to do this?
Thanks!

I must be doing something wrong. I think I have enabled and attached properly: I right-click on my desktop and enable folder actions and attach the workflow script I created following your instructions. My workflow has these 3 steps:
1. Get specified finder items
Name: desktop
Path: (HD path to my desktop)
2. Filter finder items
Name extension is equal to .PNG (I've also tried PNG without the "." - doesn't seem to make a difference)
3. Change type of images
To type JPEG
And if I look at the script by right-clicking the desktop again and selecting "edit a folder action" this is what it says:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
tell application "Macintosh HD:Users:marcgimbel:Library:Workflows:Applications:Folder Actions:jpeg converter 2.app"
open added_items
end tell
end adding folder items to
Any idea what I've done wrong? Thanks.

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